National Business

NEW YORK — Target is the latest big box U.S. retailer to show that it's prospering during the pandemic. The Minneapolis company reported Wednesday that its online sales surged 155% in the three months that ended Oct. 31.

MONTREAL — Bell Media has made a minority investment in Grande Studios in a partnership they say will increase resources for Quebec's French-language content creation and production. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

TORONTO — Manulife Financial Corp.'s investment management business says it has purchased a luxury residential property in Quebec for $63 million.

After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing’s 737 Max for flight.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 0.7 per cent in October, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 0.6 per cent (0.3) — Prince Edward Island: 0.

OTTAWA — Canada's national annual inflation rate was 0.7 per cent in October, Statistics Canada says.

Los Angeles County has imposed new restrictions on businesses and is readying plans for a mandatory curfew for all but essential workers if coronavirus cases keep spiking.

PORTLAND, Ore. — An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S.

MONTREAL — A battle between Garda World and Quebec's largest pension fund manager over each group's efforts to acquire the world's leading security firm has escalated with the filing of a legal threat.

NEW YORK — After the coronavirus pandemic sidelined creators and led to a delayed start of the traditional fall television season, scripted shows are beginning to return to network schedules. Not all of them, not yet.